LB21 Scholar Now Has Her "Dream Job"
April 11, 2012By Martha Parker, MLIS Editor's note: In celebration of National Library Workers Day and National Library Week, we post this update from Martha Parker, a graduate of the Academic and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. UNCG instituted the ACE program, with funding from an IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian program, in order to… Read more
Rolling, Flying, and SMILE-ing
April 10, 2012By Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director I had a wonderful time at yesterday's White House Easter Egg Roll. This year's theme was Let's Go, Let's Play, Let's Move, in keeping with the First Lady's Let's Move initiative to fight childhood obesity. IMLS Director Susan Hildreth helps with science activities at the White House Easter Egg Roll.
IMLS on YouTube: Pratt Museum Explores the Science, Art, and Culture of Kachemak Bay
April 3, 2012In our latest featured YouTube video, the Pratt Museum in Homer Alaska describes its Museums for America project, The Kachemak Bay: An Exploration of People and Place, which aligned educational programming to a new focus and deepened relationships with the local community.
StoryCorps Captures the Transformation of Libraries and Their Impact on Communities
March 30, 2012Each year, IMLS awards the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, to institutions that demonstrate innovation and savvy in meeting the civic engagement, education and economic needs of communities.
Libraries and the Future of Our Democracy
March 27, 2012By James Lonergan, IMLS Senior Program Officer LSTA Grants to States Coordinators from around the U.S., in Philadelphia recently for an IMLS training workshop, were treated to an inspiring lunchtime talk by Dr.
Museums and Libraries Are Promising Venues For Behavior Change
March 23, 2012By Chris Beakey, Vice President, Ogilvy Public Relations Cross-posted from Social Marketing exChange News and Views While many of us in social marketing are constantly on the look-out for fresh approaches for engaging target audiences, we do some of our best work when we leverage existing channels as opposed to creating entirely new ones.
Digital Communities and the Second Anniversary of the National Broadband Plan
March 22, 2012By Susan Hildreth Director, IMLS
Shedding Light on the Oldest Recorded Sounds
March 20, 2012Early Alexander Graham Bell recordings, once thought to be lost to history, gained national media attention last year when scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory devised a way to hear them. For curious minds who want to know more, here's the a behind the scenes look at how it all happened. By Carl Haber Senior Scientist, Physics Division, University of California Lawrence… Read more
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IMLS on YouTube: MFA Grant Helps Preserve Johnson City Photos
March 14, 2012By Kevin O'Connell, IMLS Senior Public Affairs Officer Here's another in our series of YouTube videos about the work being done with IMLS Museums for America grants. The Johnson County Museum, a half-century old history museum in suburban Kansas describes how an MFA grant helped to expand their presence from a small building to the online environment.
